![]() Patrick Einsle at the 2012 Paul Hunter Classic
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Born |
Füssen, Bavaria |
April 22, 1987
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Professional | 2006/07, 2010/11, 2013/14 |
Highest ranking | 80 (September 2010) |
Highest break | 100 (2010 Paul Hunter Classic) |
Best ranking finish | Wildcard round (2012 German Masters) |
Patrick Einsle (born 22 April 1987 in Füssen, Bavaria) is a former German professional snooker player.
In 1998, at the age of 11, Einsle began to play snooker. He made his first century break at the age of 14.
He participated at the 2005 World Games in snooker, but failed in the first round 1–3 to the eventual gold medallist Gerard Greene. At the 2006 Fürth German Open Einsle won against Fergal O'Brien and Stephen Lee and lost only 2–3 in the quarter-finals to the eventual finalist Barry Hawkins.
Einsle turned professional in 2006/2007, after receiving a Main Tour wildcard from the WPBSA following the withdrawal of Paul Hunter. He dropped off the tour after the same season.
Einsle had his first qualification match on the Main Tour only three days after his appeal, he lost in the qualifying round of the Northern Ireland Trophy clearly with 0–5 against Lee Page. At the Grand Prix he survived the first two qualification rounds and was able to collect some points for the snooker world rankings. His third qualification match for the Malta, he lost with 4:5 against Mark Joyce.
In the qualifying for the Masters he lost in the first round 1–4 against Chris Norbury. He also lost in the first qualifying rounds of the UK Championship, the Welsh Open, the China Open and the World Championship, as he was defeated by 9–0 Judd Trump, 5–1 by Lee Spick, 2–5 by Andrew Higginson and 4–10 by Passakorn Suwannawat respectively. At the end he was ranked 94 of the snooker world ranking and thus lost his place on the Main Tour.